Can a criminal defendant seek a new trial on the grounds that the district attorney or other counsel prosecuting the case has been guilty of prejudicial misconduct during the trial?

A criminal defendant may move for a new trial on the ground "the district attorney or other counsel prosecuting the case has been guilty of prejudicial misconduct during the trial thereof before a jury." ( 1181, subd. 5.) "'"We review a trial court's ruling on a motion for a new trial under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard." [Citations.] "'A trial court's ruling on a motion for new trial is so completely within that court's discretion that a reviewing court will not disturb the ruling absent a manifest and unmistakable abuse of that discretion.'"'" (People v. Lightsey (2012) 54 Cal.4th 668, 729; accord, People v. McCurdy (2014) 59 Cal.4th 1063, 1108.)

To preserve a prosecutorial misconduct claim for appeal, "'"a criminal defendant must make a timely and specific objection

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